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there some 10,000 religions. i had to narrow it down to the eight that was difficult, and oncedy that, i made a determined effort to go out and essentially te drive these eight religions. not to just study them as an academic or as the jurmist that i for most of my life was, but to actually experience them to get into the driver's seat and as much as possible to try to figure out what it is that the followers of these faiths get out of it. what does it do for them? >> is it disrespectful to test drive a religion? >> i don't think it is. the problem i have with so much of the discussion of religion in this country is that we are so afraid of offending anyone that we're afraid of discussing it and we're afraid of going out and trying it, and of these eight faiths, everyone welcomed me with open arms. nobody tried to proselatize and shove their religion down my throat. they opened their doors to me, and religions, the vast majority, do accept converts, of course. there are eye few that don't, but most do, and so abs
there some 10,000 religions. i had to narrow it down to the eight that was difficult, and oncedy that, i made a determined effort to go out and essentially te drive these eight religions. not to just study them as an academic or as the jurmist that i for most of my life was, but to actually experience them to get into the driver's seat and as much as possible to try to figure out what it is that the followers of these faiths get out of it. what does it do for them? >> is it disrespectful...
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we're going to look at politics of religion. can pastors make political pitches to their congregation without jeopardizing their church's tax exempt status? we'll see you then as well. >> look forward to it. thanks, randi. >> the state's deputy attorney general and his wife are aauto accused of severe lay buzing two children they adopted from ethiopia. police arrested douglas and kristen barber after the kids had a doctor's visit. investigators say the doctor noticed several fractures on the 18-month-old girl's head. they say they may have suffered a stroke and be permanently blind from her injuries. police say the 6-year-old boy appeared starved. the couple faces charges of assault and child endangerment. their attorney has not commented. >>> the pharmacy responsible for making the steroid blamed for spreading fungal meningitis has recalled all of its products now nationwide. the move comes as the cdc reports two more deaths from the disease bringing the total now to seven. take a look at this map. 64 cases of fungal meningitis
we're going to look at politics of religion. can pastors make political pitches to their congregation without jeopardizing their church's tax exempt status? we'll see you then as well. >> look forward to it. thanks, randi. >> the state's deputy attorney general and his wife are aauto accused of severe lay buzing two children they adopted from ethiopia. police arrested douglas and kristen barber after the kids had a doctor's visit. investigators say the doctor noticed several...
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youssef was sentenced to death just because of his religion. back in september the pastor was released from prison, in part, with help from the u.s. state department. this woman you may not have heard of. suzanne johnson-cook is the ambassador for international religious freedom, and she joins me now from washington. ambassador, good morning. tell me, first, about your role in helping free the pastor that we just mentioned. >> well, thank you very much for having me today. you know, our office was on it early in his jailing. not only did i and the international religious freedom write letters and the secretary of state also wrote a letter. we worked multi-laterally with other countries so that the attention could be brought to his case and certainly that he could be freed, and he has now been freed since the congress is also very much an integral part of it. he has been released, but there are many more names that are persecuted daily because of their beliefs. >> as we look at what your focus is, you have a great task ahead of you. will we ever
youssef was sentenced to death just because of his religion. back in september the pastor was released from prison, in part, with help from the u.s. state department. this woman you may not have heard of. suzanne johnson-cook is the ambassador for international religious freedom, and she joins me now from washington. ambassador, good morning. tell me, first, about your role in helping free the pastor that we just mentioned. >> well, thank you very much for having me today. you know, our...
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for christians the majority religion in the u.s., there's christian mingle. you probably have seen the commercials. even muslims are on the hunt for a date. muslima.com is one of the more popular sites. finding a partner of the same faith is important to many jewish-americans, so they use j date and the site talks about its results. >> different sides of the country. >> here we are madly in love with two kids later, and if it wasn't for j date, we never would have met. >> going on j-date led to this amazing life that i have. >> i knew by the second date. >> i know you heard a baby. you thought is that baby somewhere? yes, her name is willa. she's here with her parents, jason and melissa. they met on j-date, married last year, had the baby, willa. hello, willa. thank you for joining us this morning. both of you, thank you. tell us about the importance of finding a date -- good morning. about finding love and the importance of religion in finding that. >> i grew nup a very traditional jewish household, and it was very important to me to pass that on many my fam
for christians the majority religion in the u.s., there's christian mingle. you probably have seen the commercials. even muslims are on the hunt for a date. muslima.com is one of the more popular sites. finding a partner of the same faith is important to many jewish-americans, so they use j date and the site talks about its results. >> different sides of the country. >> here we are madly in love with two kids later, and if it wasn't for j date, we never would have met. >>...
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prayer and religion sustain me. i receive calmness in the storms of the presidency. >> calmness in the storms of the presidency from george w. bush. he went on then from that debate to keep his lead and to win that election. >> and joining me now is cnn contributor and democratic strategist hillary rosen. hillary, good morning. both critics and support efforts of president obama say he was off in the debate. we've got numbers that simultaneously give the president a boost on the economy and take away key republican line of attack that we all have learned well that, nation's unemployment rate remains above 8%. 31 days from now, hillary, what is going to resonate more with voters? will it be style or substance? >> that's a great question, randi, because i think that, you know, there was a lot of theater, not just on the stage the other night, but, you know, in the mediate next day and people talking about performances, but i think when we look at kind of dial groups from undecided voters and even the cnn groups and ot
prayer and religion sustain me. i receive calmness in the storms of the presidency. >> calmness in the storms of the presidency from george w. bush. he went on then from that debate to keep his lead and to win that election. >> and joining me now is cnn contributor and democratic strategist hillary rosen. hillary, good morning. both critics and support efforts of president obama say he was off in the debate. we've got numbers that simultaneously give the president a boost on the...
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now, i'm not going after anybody's religion. that's not it. just the earth is not 6,000 or 10,000 years old. and further more, we rely on these discoveries for our everyday life, especially here in the developed world. >> and what's the danger -- >> so my claim -- >> let me ask you about the danger in terms of what this teaches children. do you still believe that teaching children -- that the earth is anything but 4.5 billion years old, the same as teaching them that it's flat? >> well, the word same -- it's a pretty good analogy. in that you can show -- you very easily demonstrate that the earth is not flat. with a little more understanding, you can show that the earth cannot possibly be 10,000 years old. it's just wrong. so what you're asking a kid to do, you're asking that kid not to use his or her critical thinking skills, not to use the ingenuity that made the united states what it is today. you're asking them to deny our ancestors who made these remarkable discoveries through diligence and careful scientific understanding. and it is in e
now, i'm not going after anybody's religion. that's not it. just the earth is not 6,000 or 10,000 years old. and further more, we rely on these discoveries for our everyday life, especially here in the developed world. >> and what's the danger -- >> so my claim -- >> let me ask you about the danger in terms of what this teaches children. do you still believe that teaching children -- that the earth is anything but 4.5 billion years old, the same as teaching them that it's...